---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 161 Mental Health Systems Amendments"
description: "S.B. 161 Mental Health Systems Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Utah SB 161 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Health Insurance\\\\Managed Care Contracts", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Medicaid", "Mental Health", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/920e7a7a-ce12-42c3-aff8-ed48fd048948"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "19d78fcafed71eb25fe958c524fd31cfed9162c676637f184b6f004e50d1052c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 161 (2021) — S.B. 161 Mental Health Systems Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0161S06.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** circled
- **2021-02-25** uncircled
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2021-03-03** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** circled
- **2021-03-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** substituted from # 1 to # 6
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/920e7a7a-ce12-42c3-aff8-ed48fd048948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).